Damn, because I actually started writing a good poem.

Don't thow it away, I'll take it!

So, who has installed this and how'd it go? Is it good enough of a replacement to use instead of Archos default? Also, can someone post a full step by step for a stupid little newbie to this kind of thing like me?

I think I had the same problem. I tried everything and ended up having to RMA it and get a new one.

I changed the update file to the default Archos name, and it went through. However, now it's giving me an error:

Update
update failed N0K (code 221)
press the ON/OFF button to restart

I do everything the instructions tell me. Boot into recovery mode, repair disk, copy paste the .AOS file in, and press done. Instead of installing the older firmware, I get the familiar Angstrom loading screen. Help? Tried with pretty much every firmware version I could find.

Gamy wrote:i'd like somthing to send sms's

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answ ... wer=106015

Hi. I just ran pbt's Google Maps widget with the browser running and a connection to the web, but all I'm getting is a white screen with the arrow tab in the upper right. I was wondering if the latest firmware might be affecting it. Any thoughts would be much appreciated. ........Paul Yeah, I'm get...

With the stock Archos Firmware you can not upload files.

How's the performance?

youngalumni wrote:I posted on ubuntuforums to see what would come of it or if someone is already starting to port it

Good idea. We don't have enough people here knowlegable in the field. We should really be branching out to more tech sites and communities for help.

That's interesting. I've always wondered whether or not it was possible to take screenshots.

it appears to overheat when using Wifi for a prolonged time? I had it a week and am disappointed, overheating and can't play iplayer or most of Youtube!!! and have to pay for plugins after you have already paid a load for the player think i might sell it and go back to a chinese player (had a natio...

Does the back of your A5 get hot when in use, mine does to the point it is almost too hot to touch? .....and it keeps cutting out and rebooting??? i guess its overheating? Mine gets a little warm, but nothing that bad. The Archos 5 is still pretty unstable. Mine crashes all the time(especially when...

Settings-->Language and Region

Then change your Language to French. The keyboard will be chaged to the azerty layout, which is used in French speaking nations.

I've had problems with Album Art as well. Never seems to work the way I want it to, occasionally just setting the art for EVERY album to only one picture. It's confusing.

Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings nekko but if I were you I would get a refund on the 60GB. They are prone for their headphone sockets to go kaput after about a month. Be careful about HOW you go about updating your firmware. Archos tricked people into updating because they found out a chap on t...

Archos customer support has been pretty good to me the majority of the time as well. I've never been able to contact them via telephone(I've waited hours and hours and hours to no avail), but putting in a support request I can usually get a response within 1 or 2 days, after that I simply reply to t...

See if you could get the model of the screen and replace it yourself is all I could suggest then if Archos doesn't cover that. There's plenty of sites out there on the internet that sells consumer electronics parts.

I'm sure you can return it. Send in a support request on the Archos website.